[SEDXC] FCC ELIMINATING MORSE CODE EXAM REQUIREMENTS

[Gary McConville]

So does this mean that the tests will no longer be in binary coded
decimal and be given verbally???


--- w4gkf at chazcone.com wrote:

> Wonder what happened to (my) Advanced class license?!??
> 
> Chaz W4GKF
> 
> At 08:45 PM 12/15/2006, Ed Tanton wrote:
> >Text straight from FCC's website...
> >
> >
> >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                   NEWS MEDIA
> CONTACT:
> >December 15,
> >2006
> >Chelsea Fallon:  (202) 418-7991
> >
> >FCC MODIFIES AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE RULES,
> >ELIMINATING MORSE CODE EXAM REQUIREMENTS AND
> >ADDRESSING ARRL PETITION FOR RECONSIDERATION
> >
> >Washington, D.C. ­ Today, the Federal
> >Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report
> >and Order and Order on Reconsideration (Order)
> >that modifies the rules for the Amateur Radio
> >Service by revising the examination requirements
> >for obtaining a General Class or Amateur Extra
> >Class amateur radio operator license and revising
> >the operating privileges for Technician Class
> >licensees.  In addition, the Order resolves a
> >petition filed by the American Radio Relay
> >League, Inc. (ARRL) for partial reconsideration
> >of an FCC Order on amateur service rules released on October 10,
> 2006.
> >
> >The current amateur service operator license
> >structure contains three classes of amateur radio
> >operator licenses:  Technician Class, General
> >Class, and Amateur Extra Class.  General Class
> >and Amateur Extra Class licensees are permitted
> >to operate in Amateur bands below 30 MHz, while
> >the introductory Technician Class licensees are
> >only permitted to operate in bands above 30
> >MHz.  Prior to today’s action, the FCC, in
> >accordance with international radio regulations,
> >required applicants for General Class and Amateur
> >Extra Class operator licenses to pass a five
> >words-per-minute Morse code examination.  Today’s
> >Order eliminates that requirement for General and
> >Amateur Extra licensees.  This change reflects
> >revisions to international radio regulations made
> >at the International Telecommunication Union’s
> >2003 World Radio Conference (WRC-03), which
> >authorized each country to determine whether to
> >require that individuals demonstrate Morse code
> >proficiency in order to qualify for an amateur
> >radio license with transmitting privileges on
> >frequencies below 30 MHz.  This change eliminates
> >an unnecessary regulatory burden that may
> >discourage current amateur radio operators from
> >advancing their skills and participating more
> >fully in the benefits of amateur radio.
> >
> >Today’s Order also revises the operating
> >privileges for Technician Class licensees by
> >eliminating a disparity in the operating
> >privileges for the Technician Class and
> >Technician Plus Class licensees.  Technician
> >Class licensees are authorized operating
> >privileges on all amateur frequencies above 30
> >MHz.  The Technician Plus Class license, which is
> >an operator license class that existed prior the
> >FCC’s simplification of the amateur license
> >structure in 1999 and was grandfathered after
> >that time, authorized operating privileges on all
> >amateur frequencies above 30 MHz, as well as
> >frequency segments in four HF bands (below 30
> >MHz) after the successful completion of a Morse
> >code examination.  With today’s elimination of
> >the Morse code exam requirements, the FCC
> >concluded that the disparity between the
> >operating privileges of Technician Class
> >licensees and Technician Plus Class licensees
> >should not be retained.  Therefore, the FCC, in
> >today’s action, afforded Technician and
> >Technician Plus licensees identical operating privileges.
> >
> >Finally, today’s Order resolved a petition filed
> >by the ARRL for partial reconsideration of an FCC
> >Order released on October 10, 2006 (FCC
> >06-149).  In this Order, the FCC authorized
> >amateur stations to transmit voice communications
> >on additional frequencies in certain amateur
> >service bands, including the 75 meter (m) band,
> >which is authorized only for certain wideband
> >voice and image communications.  The ARRL argued
> >that the 75 m band should not have been expanded
> >below 3635 kHz, in order to protect automatically
> >controlled digital stations operating in the
> >3620-3635 kHz portion of the 80 m band.  The FCC
> >concluded that these stations can be protected by
> >providing alternate spectrum in the 3585-3600 kHz frequency segment.
> >
> >Action by the Commission on December 15, 2006, by
> >Report and Order and Order on
> >Reconsideration.  Chairman Martin and
> >Commissioners Copps, Adelstein, Tate, and McDowell.
> >
> >For additional information, contact William Cross
> >at (202) 418-0691 or William.Cross at fcc.gov.
> >
> >WT Docket Nos. 04-140 and 05-235.
> >
> >­ FCC ­
> >
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> Commission
> >is available at <http://www.fcc.gov/>www.fcc.gov.
> >
> >
> >Ed Tanton
> >
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